Machine for weavinb cross-wires in wire fences



(No 'Model.)

F. W. SHELLABURGER; MACHINE FOR WEAVING (moss WIRES IN WIRE FENCES.

No. 523,415. Patented-July 24; 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FLAVIOUS W. SHELLABURGER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

IMACHINEQFOR WEAVIN'G QROSS- WIRE SiIN WIRE FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,415, dated July 24,1894. Application filed April 26, 1894- Serial No. 609,145. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it'known that I, FLAVIOUS W. SHELLA- BURGER, of Dayton, county ofMontgomery,

State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinesfor Weaving Wire Fences; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to followingspecification and drawings, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the drawings herewith, upon which similar letters of referenceindicate corrresponding parts, Figurel is a front elevation of theweaver in the act of weaving the woof or vertical wire to the horizontalwires of the fence. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the weaver with thereel detached. Fig. 3is an end elevation looking in the direction of thearrow in Fig, 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the weaver being removedfrom a horizontal wire, also a kink or curve formed in said wire by theweaver, which prevents the vertical wire from slipping from itsposition.-

a and a designate the sides of the supporting frame having ahub b with acentral opening therein, and longitudinal slots 0.

e designates a bevel gear wheel mounted between the sides a and a. andmovable in the slots 0. v

fis a shaft or bit that may be socketed in a brace, or may be anintegral part of the brace as shown in the drawings, for rotating thewheel 6; said shaft penetrates the opening in the hub b of the frame, tojournal in an opening in the axis of the wheel 6.

g designates a handle attachedto one side of the frame by which theweaver is carried while being operated, in the left hand.

it is a needle shaft, loosely journaled in the sides a and a of theframe.

i is abevel pinion cast preferably, a solid part of the needle shaft,and at one end thereof, and adapted to mesh with the gear wheel 6 on theoutside'of theframe.

j is an integral plate or flange projecting downwardly in averticalplane from the outer face of the pinion 'i,'to which and with which, thewire reel 7a is rigidly attached, and movable. n-n are spurs cast on thepinion z' and projecting vertically from the outer face' thereof, in adirection diametrically opposite to the flange j; these spurs radiatefrom the periphery of said pinion, and provide means for guiding thehorizontal wires 0 into the slot 0' extending through the longitudinalaxis of the needle shaft, and from the center to the periphery of thepinion 'i; the axes of the sis a spring-latch pivoted to the rear of theframe, with its outer end 3 turned at a right angle to enter a notch inthe wheel 6 to lock the rotating parts whilethe weaver is being carriedfrom one horizontal wire to another. The needle shaft is locked by thislatch in a position to enable the slot therein,

and in the pinion,to be broughtin alignment with a horizontal wire. Ateach point on said horizontal wires, wherethe vertical wire is twisted,a kink or curve 25, is left, see Fig. 4.

This kink in the horizontal wire is an effect ual means of preventingsaid vertical wire from slipping from its position, and is made by themachine when brought in rigid contact with said wire under the straindue tothe operation of twisting the wire.

The operation of weaving the vertical wires is as follows: Said wireisfirst given an initial wind around the top horizontal wire, at

the end of the fence, or at any point from whence the weaving is tocommence; the

weaver is then carried downwardly by the handle until the forwardlyprojecting part or end it thereof comes against the next lowerhorizontal wire, which gages the length of wire to be unwound, to reach.from one horizontal wire to the other. When the weaver is thusbeingcarried from one wire to another, it is preferable to hold it in theposition shownin Fig. 3, to admit of the free unwinding of the wire,anda convenient gaging of said wire by the end not the handle. When theweaver is brought to the horizontal wire with which the woof or verticalwire is to be woven, it is brought to the position shown in Figs. 1 and2, and the horizontal wire is guided into the slotin the needle shaftand pinion, through the spursm-n; the brace f isthen turned by the righthand to rotate the wheel 6, the needle shaft and pinion, and the reel,which as herein before stated, is carried bysaid pinion;

, the twistingof the vertical wire is thereby accomplished, a couple ofturns of the needle shaft being sufficient to effect a substantialconnection between the two wires, but a greater numberof turns may. hemade if re The ratio of the wheel and the pinion fer toconstruct thewheel and pinion in the form of Initerwheels. I

In practice I1 premy invention, I

tothe horizontal wires of a fence, the combination with the supportingframe and agear wheel mounted therein, andmeansforlrotating said gearwheel; of aneedlelshaft journaled in said; frame, a gearpinion rigidlymounted on the needle shaft, through which and said needleshaft there isa'common slot; at awire reel carriedby said gear. piniomanda' pin lyingacross, the slot in the needle shaft forming an eye to secure the wirein said needle shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set. my hand this 19th day ofApril,189-l..

FLAVIOUS W. SHELLABURGER.

Witnesses:

R. J. MoCARTY, B. L. BOND.

